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Newcastle International Airport

North East England, Cumbria, Scottish Borders

  • IATANCL
  • ICAOEGNT
5.1 million Passengers a year (2024)
Serves
North East England, Cumbria, Scottish Borders
Operator
Newcastle International Airport Limited
Owner
Newcastle Airport Local Authority (51%), InfraBridge (49%)
Opened
1967
Elevation
266 ft (81 m)
Runways
1 (longest 2,330 m)
Airlines based here
Loganair

About the airport

Newcastle International Airport (IATA: NCL, ICAO: EGNT) is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre, it is the primary airport in North East England. In 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newcastle International handled 5.2 million passengers annually. By 2025, that number had recovered to 5.5 million. Newcastle Airport has a Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.

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